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Classic Books Get a Funny Makeover

The weekend is almost here, so let’s celebrate a bit early with a few laughs. Comedy writer Dan Wilbur recently created Better Book Titles, a blog that renames famous works of literature. Dan tosses out the original titles and replaces them with new ones that cleverly describe what the books are all about. Since I know many of you are rather bookish (woo-hoo!) I thought you’d get a kick out of this piece of internet hilarity as well.

Better Book Titles, promises to “cut through all the cryptic crap, and give you the meat of the story in one condensed image. Now you can read the greatest literary works of all time in merely seconds.” He posts a new book title each weekday and on Fridays, he posts a reader submission. Loves it. Did I mention there are pictures to accompany the new titles?

Here is Dan’s take on The English Patient:

And The Symposium:

And one that I can’t help but LOL over, Infinite Jest:

Fellow bookworms, are you having a giggle over this too? What funny new title would you give your favorite book? Are there any popular books whose titles need hilarious upgrades? What witty new title would you give Twilight?! And what are you reading these days?